Beater for carpets, rugs, and similar articles.



L. V. S. SEUAS.

BEATER FOR CARPETS, BUGS, AND SIMILAR ARTICLES..

APPLICATION F ILED DEC-6| 9H5.

Patented 1m 11,1917.

WITNESSES A TTORNEYS nnran e r amen Louis v. s. sErJas, or RUTHERFORD, NE-W JERSEY'Q,

HEATER FOR CARPETS, Russ, AND SIMILAR ARTICLES,"

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS V. S. SEIJAS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rutherford, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Beater for Carpets, Bugs, and Similar Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved beater more especially designed for beating carpets, rugs and similar articles while in position on the floor, wall or other support, and arranged to'insure a thorough beating action and Without requiring undue physical exertion on the part of the operator. Another object is to provide a portable beater which takes up very little room when not in use.

In order to accomplish, the desired result, use is made of a support on which is fulcrumed a spring-pressed lever provided at its forward end with a flexible beater, and a manually actuated cam mounted to rotate on the said support and adapted to engage the rear end of the lever to impart a swinging motion to the same against the tension of its spring, the cam being adapted to suddenly release the lever on revolving the cam at a high speed to insure a whipping action of the beater through the recoil, plus acceleration, shock, and flexibility of the heaters.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the beater with parts in section;

Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of the same; and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same with parts in position when beating an article hung up on a wall or other suitable support.

The improved beater is preferably mounted on a truck 10 provided with wheels 11 to permit of conveniently moving the beater about. The truck 10 is provided with uprights 12 havingopen bearings 13 arranged in pairs located one above the other and any one of the pairs is adapted to be engaged by the ends of a pivot rod 14 forming part of the upright member 15 of a support 16 also having a horizontal member 17 normally extending a short distance above the,

floor, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 11, 1917,

Application filed December 6, 1916. Serial'No. 135,358.

'On the horizontal member 17 of thesupport 16 is mounted a transversely extending shaft 20 on which are mounted to swing levers 21 and 22 arranged longitudinally and pressed on at their forward ends by springs 23 connected with the horizontal member 17 of the support 16. In the forward ends of the levers 21 and 22 are ,re'-' movably secured by set screws and the like flexible heaters 25 and 26 normally standing parallel with the floor or other surface on which the carpet, rug or other article is placed to be subjected to a beating action by the heaters 25 and 26, as hereinafter more support'16. The cams 32 and 33 are approximately diamond shape with the corners rounded off and with'the major axis of the cams at a right angle one relatively to the other so as to cause the cams to impart an alternate up and down swinging movement to the levers 21 and 22.

On one end of the shaft 34 is secured a small sprocket wheel 40 connected by a sprocket chain 41 with a larger sprocket wheel 42 secured on a shaft 43 journaled in the vertical member 15 of the support 16. On one outer end of the shaft 43 is secured a crank arm 44 under the control of the operator for imparting a rotary motion to the shaft 43 whereby a rotary motion is transmitted by the sprocket wheels 42 and 40 and the sprocket chain 41 to the cam shaft 34 to rotate the cams 32 and 33.

The operation is as follows:

When the cam shaft 34 is rotated then the cams 32 and 33 impart alternately a downward swinging movement to the rear ends of the levers 21 and 22 so that the forward ends of the saidlevers swing upward together with their heaters 25 and 26. During this movement of the levers the springs whereby the flexible beater 25 or 26 is caused to produce a whipping action on the carpet, rug or other article to be beaten at the time.

It is understood that the cams 32, 33 are rotated at a comparatively high speed to insure a sudden release of the levers 21 and 22 and a subsequently sudden arrest during the return movement of the lever by impact of the corresponding friction roller 30 or 31 against its cam 82 or 33 to insure a whipping action of the heaters owing to the recoil of the springs 23, plus acceleration, shock incident to the lever striking the cams on the return movement, and the flexibility ofthe beaters themselves.

It is expressly understood that only on rotating the cam shaft at a high speed a whipping action as described is produced, as it is necessaryto cause a quick release of the levers relatively to the re-arresting thereof during their return movement to insure the Whipping action mentioned.

In case the carpet, rug or other article to be beaten is hung on a wall then it is only necessary for the operator to swing the support 16 into the position shown in Fig. 3 so that the member 15 extends horizontally and the member 17 extends vertically together with the levers 21 and 22 and their heaters 25 and 26. The above described operation is repeated by the operator simply turning the crank arm 44, as previously explained.

The support 16 may be raised or lowered by engaging the shaft 14 with a bearing 13 higher up or lower down, as the case may be.

The beater shown and described is very simple and durable in construction and can be cheaply manufactured, and in case any one of the heaters 25 or 26 becomes broken or worn out, it can be readily replaced by a new one.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. A beater for carpets, comprising a sup port, a frame having a plurality of members and pivoted to the support, beater arms movably mounted in a member of the frame, and operating means for the beater arms mounted in another member of the frame.

2. A beater for carpets and the like, comprising spaced uprights, a frame pivotally mounted between the uprights and having mei'nbers standing at right angles to one another, beater arms movably mounted in one of the members of the frame, and operating means for the beater arms mounted in the other member of the said frame.

LOUIS V. S. SEIJAS.

@oniesefi this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissloner of Eateuts. Washington, I). C. 

